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Chapter 182 Overlapping Missions: The Land of Waves and the Land of Water

Hiruzen Sarutobi was in a real bind.

Because Orochimaru had mastered the Impure World Reincarnation technique, it meant that the threat to Konoha was even greater. However, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't have time to pay attention to Orochimaru and waved for Kagura Akihara to go to work.

Outside the Hokage Building.

Kakashi Hatake is still waiting here.

When Kakashi Hatake saw Kagura Akihara, he immediately complained to his old friend, "Your higher-ups really did assign me a few problem students!"

Both Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto are incredibly troublesome students, which makes Kakashi Hatake feel quite melancholy, as he has a feeling that these two students will encounter some serious problems in the future.

"This shows how much the leadership values ​​you."

Kagura Akihara patted Kakashi Hatake on the shoulder with great respect: "I originally planned to take you to hunt down Itachi Uchiha and ask him if he had any objections to the allocation of his younger brother's training, but unfortunately the Hokage didn't agree to it..."

"..."

What kind of inhuman behavior is this!

Kakashi Hatake glanced at Kagura Akihara speechlessly.

If the Third Hokage hadn't stopped Akihara Kagura, given his personality, he really could have done something like that!

Akihara Kagura was still a little disappointed: "The Third Hokage's instructions were that I only need to introduce you to the living people in the village, probably Sakura Haruno's parents. Then we can go see Sasuke Uchiha's house. You should be very familiar with Naruto's house..."

"..."

Kakashi Hatake nodded.

Over the years, Kakashi Hatake and Kagura Akihara have become quite familiar with Naruto Uzumaki. They've seen firsthand just how messy that kid's house is; he basically doesn't even know when the milk is expired.

The home visit went very smoothly.

Akihara Kagura and Hatake Kakashi met Haruno Sakura's parents, a very warm and hospitable couple. They then went to Uchiha Sasuke's house, where the orphan left behind on the night of the massacre had kept his home tidy and clean.

"Actually, it's much cleaner than Naruto's house..."

Akihara Kagura glanced at it and then flipped through the scrolls in Uchiha Sasuke's house. There were even some scrolls of techniques left behind by the Uchiha clan.

Uchiha Sasuke has always worked very hard.

As an outstanding student who consistently ranked first in the Ninja Academy, Sasuke Uchiha's success was not solely due to his bloodline limit; the term "genius" cannot negate his hard work.

"Go see your students."

Kagura Akihara patted Kakashi Hatake on the shoulder and said softly, "I've long wanted to get Sasuke Uchiha from the Third Hokage and train him to take revenge on Itachi Uchiha, but the Third Hokage rejected the idea..."

"You're still thinking about taking revenge on Uchiha Itachi, huh..."

Kakashi Hatake could only lament the many grudges he had accumulated with his two former subordinates.

Akihara Kagura didn't hide her feelings and nodded, saying, "As long as it makes Uchiha Itachi's life miserable, I'll feel better..."

"..."

Kakashi Hatake was also having a bit of a headache.

but…

What's even more troublesome is...

He was about to have two more subordinates he didn't get along with.

Ninja Academy.

The three little devils were in the classroom, waiting for their instructor, a Jonin.

Naruto Uzumaki was excited that his teammate was his favorite Sakura Haruno, but at the same time, he somewhat disliked his other teammate, Sasuke Uchiha. He was also pondering who his future Jonin mentor would be and whether he would encounter any troublesome figures...

result.

Kakashi Hatake walked in.

Naruto immediately lost interest, sitting in his seat with an indifferent expression, muttering, "I wondered who it would be? Turns out it's Kakashi!"

Because in Naruto Uzumaki's self-defined family, Kakashi Hatake, as the patriarch, is undoubtedly the most useless guy.

Facing a Jonin like Kakashi Hatake as a mentor, will I end up like Kakashi? Inviting someone to ramen and then making the junior pay the bill…?

"..."

That brat!

How dare they underestimate me like that!

Kakashi Hatake glanced helplessly at Naruto Uzumaki, then at Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno who were present: "You guys pack your things and come with me to the rooftop."

This is the downside of being too familiar with something. It seems I need to teach this kid a lesson and let him know that graduating from the Ninja Academy doesn't guarantee he'll become a ninja!

As long as I, the instructor, don't agree, this brat who's always been clamoring to become Hokage will have to stay in this ninja academy and continue his studies!

but…

The three kids passed Kakashi Hatake's test and became his subordinates. Their performance was indeed quite good; at least each of them took care of their teammates, which made Kakashi Hatake think they were qualified enough.

Even though Obito Uchiha, who once said, "Those who don't value their comrades are worse than trash," had become a rogue ninja, Kakashi Hatake still adhered to Obito Uchiha's creed, hoping that his subordinates would not become like him in the past.

the other side.

Akihara Kagura returned to the Hokage Building to report.

[System Notification]: [Accompanying Kakashi Hatake on a home visit to understand the future family situation of Team 7. Mission complete. Reward: Earth Release: Heart Decapitation Technique.]

[Earth Release: Heart Decapitation Technique (Submerges into the earth, drags the opponent into the ground, leaving only their head exposed.)]

I'm not a Jonin instructor, so why would I need this technique?

This technique is purely for instructing Jonin on how to easily defeat weaker opponents!

Kagura Akihara felt that her superior, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had far too many mines. Last time, she had just unearthed a treasure of a compound ninjutsu, and now she had unearthed a small mine.

but…

One complex ninjutsu alone is enough to train for a period of time.

However, as the Hokage's assistant, Akihara Kagura's job is quite busy. Sometimes she has to go to the mission gathering place to work, and she will occasionally encounter these recent graduates.

Some of the little devils even pick and choose the tasks he provides.

In order to allow these kids to grow more, Akihara Kagura could only assign the most troublesome kids the most difficult garbage-collecting tasks to hone their chakra control.

"Well handled!"

When the Third Hokage came to inspect the work, pipe in mouth, he casually mentioned something: "I came to see you because I have a troublesome mission. Kirigakure sent a message that someone is smuggling goods on a large scale between the Land of Water and the Land of Fire..."

"There are even some nobles and ninjas from the Land of Water involved, causing a huge loss to the Land of Water's daimyo's tax revenue. Kirigakure hopes that Konoha can investigate this issue and issue an S-rank employment mission to Konoha..."

This kind of thing is quite common.

Kirigakure could have easily helped the Daimyo of the Land of Water investigate smuggling, but this matter involved the interests of many nobles, and Kirigakure was worried about offending too many nobles. They did the work for the Daimyo, but would the nobles speak ill of them to the Daimyo in the future?

Kirigakure entrusted this matter to Konoha, which happens to be an ally of Kirigakure. However, since the mission involved countries, it was bound to be an S-rank mission.

Moreover…

This has severely damaged the tax revenue of the Land of Water.

Kirigakure didn't want to get involved and didn't care about spending a little money to achieve big results, since the Daimyo of the Land of Water would eventually foot the bill for this.

Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to hand over the mission to Root, not caring what trouble Akihara Kagura and Root might cause by carrying out the mission. He preferred to deal with the smugglers by force.

[System Notification]: [New mission (Hiruzen Sarutobi): Go and eliminate the smugglers traveling between the Land of Water and the Land of Fire, and destroy their stronghold.]

"I'll go myself! It's getting a bit boring being on duty here..."

Kagura Akihara volunteered, intending to stretch her muscles and also hoping to take this opportunity to meet Orochimaru, Danzo Shimura, and the others.

With the Chunin Exams approaching in the second half of the year, Orochimaru still hasn't sent over his new plan, so Akihara Kagura decides to have a good talk with him.

"Can."

Hiruzen Sarutobi agreed, then took the opportunity to lecture him: "The mission meeting place is crucial to the lives of the village's ninjas, and we must be responsible for the village's ninjas..."

Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi was giving his long-winded lecture, an elderly man wearing glasses walked in and asked, "Excuse me, is this the Konoha meeting place?"

"It's here."

Hiruzen Sarutobi had no choice but to stop.

"I'm leaving now."

Akihara Kagura waved and left the mission meeting place.

However, as Akihara Kagura left, she overheard the bespectacled old man rambling on: "I am Tazuna, a bridge-building expert. I would like to issue a C-rank protection mission here, requesting Konoha ninjas to protect me on my journey to the Land of Waves to build a bridge..."

"Um?"

The moment Akihara Kagura stepped out of the room.

I finally felt a long-lost sense of familiarity.

The country of waves.

This name sounds familiar!

However, when Akihara Kagura returned to the Root base and used the characteristics of the [Darkness of the Ninja World] to investigate information about smugglers from the Land of Water and the Land of Fire, she discovered that the smugglers' base was in the Land of Waves, and decided to directly set the Land of Waves as the meeting place.

"Karin, gather the men, we're going out on a mission."

Kagura Akihara called Karin over and then instructed, "By the way, have someone tell Orochimaru that I want to meet with him in the Land of Waves."

at the same time.

Inside the mission meeting place.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, with a pipe in his mouth, watched Naruto Uzumaki causing a ruckus in the mission meeting place and handed over the escort mission to Team 7 to protect bridge-building expert Tazuna as he headed to the Land of Waves to build a bridge.

"..."

Kakashi Hatake glanced at Tazuna, seemingly sensing that the agent who issued the mission was being somewhat dishonest, but he didn't say anything more.

Anyway…

Kakashi Hatake believed he was capable of protecting the three kids.

Although Kakashi Hatake has not reached the same level as his teacher Minato Namikaze in learning the Flying Thunder God Technique over the years, he can still quickly create a Flying Thunder God Formation when in danger, directly sending the three kids to a safe place.

In theory.

This is indeed the case.

If nothing unexpected happens, this mission will indeed go very smoothly.

However, Shimura Danzo and Orochimaru, two S-rank rogue ninjas from Konoha, received a message sent by Akihara Kagura and immediately rushed to the Land of Waves, wanting to meet with Akihara Kagura to discuss what plan she intended to use during the Chunin Exams.

Outside Konoha Village.

Just as Kakashi Hatake led the three kids from Team 7 away from the village, Kagura Akihara was also heading out with a group of Root ninjas.

"Kagura".

Naruto Uzumaki excitedly shouted to Kagura Akihara, boasting loudly, "We got a C-rank mission! A C-rank mission!"

After finishing his sentence, Naruto complained, "Grandpa Hokage is so much better! Unlike you, who always gives us those trash-collecting tasks!"

"..."

Akihara Kagura gave the little guy a strange look.

Karin and a group of Root Uchiha, standing behind Akihara Kagura, looked at Uzumaki Naruto with pity, as if he were a pitiful person.

"Are you going out on a mission?"

Kakashi Hatake greeted them first, then waved his hand dismissively, saying, "Never mind, we can't ask about Root ninjas..."

"It's okay."

Akihara Kagura shook her head and proactively revealed the secret: "We're going to carry out an S-rank mission. We'll probably kill quite a few people this time. I wonder if their corpses can fill a river. If a river is filled with corpses, I'll personally fund a river dredging mission for you guys later."

"..."

Kakashi Hatake felt he shouldn't have said anything.

The pink-haired little girl, Sakura Haruno, trembled slightly, and even Sasuke Uchiha next to her looked a little pale.

"Hey! Kagura! Don't take revenge on me!"

Naruto, still oblivious to the danger, pointed at Kagura Akihara: "Otherwise, when I become Hokage, I'll definitely dismiss you, this incompetent Hokage advisor!"

"Shut up and get on your way!"

Kakashi Hatake punched his student right on the head.

"Then you should keep up the good work..."

Akihara Kagura chuckled lightly, ignoring Uzumaki Naruto's taunts, and led a group of Root ninjas away. Each person who passed by Uzumaki Naruto looked at him with even more pity.

"Naruto..."

After seeing Akihara Kagura and a group of Root ninjas leave, Haruno Sakura immediately started yelling at her teammates, "Stop yelling! You made us offend him again!"

"Kagura isn't a stingy person at all!"

Naruto Uzumaki adjusted his ninja headband, confident in his knowledge of Kagura Akihara: "I've known him for years!"

Kakashi Hatake glanced helplessly at Naruto Uzumaki: "Looks like you've lived all those years in vain, and you still haven't realized just how petty that guy really is..."

"Kakashi-sensei!"

Naruto Uzumaki immediately rebuked his teacher: "Kagura is our friend! How could you speak ill of him behind his back?!"

Sasuke Uchiha rolled his eyes, feeling that Naruto Uzumaki was really stupid: "But you idiot, you were just provoking him..."

"I'm just speaking my mind!"

Naruto Uzumaki immediately wanted to argue with Sasuke Uchiha.

"It's time to get going."

Kakashi Hatake adjusted his ninja headband, stopping his two subordinates from arguing, and secretly began to speculate about the destination of Akihara Kagura and the Root ninjas.

That direction…

Are Akihara Kagura and Root going to the Land of Water?

Those guys couldn't possibly be heading in the direction of the Land of Waves, could they?

Second update!

Alright, time to start writing the new script!

Let Konoha know how terrifying Lord Orochimaru is!

(End of this chapter)